On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Modern Linuxes don't run on p390-class machines anymore, I think. > Halfword immediate instructions maybe? With a proper support contract you could get the microcode that supports halfway immediate instructions. Early SLES8 kernels I could still hack to make them run on the P/390. But when the developers started to take the XA I/O subsystem for granted (CHSH and friends) I had to give up. My last kernel: Linux lnx00c00 2.4.21-278-rmh5 #9 SMP Wed Mar 8 23:54:13 CET 2006 s390 Rob (running 100 of those on the P/390) --